Thursday, September 03, 2009
Kentucky's First Swine Flu Death Confirmed
Thursday (today), at the Governor's Pandemic Influenza Summit in Frankfort, Kentucky health officials confirmed the state's first swine flu death. It was announced that a Lexington woman in her 50s with significant underlying health conditions had died Monday, becoming Kentucky's first death from H1N1. Health officials are recommending people get both the seasonal flu vaccine and the H1N1 vaccine.